Lanarkshire

Population size is 574,637

Population characteristics

Number of people known to have autism

1758

aged 0-15 yrs

1237

aged 16-64 yrs

63

aged 65+ yrs

In the whole population of Lanarkshire, 0.5% of people are known to have autism. The prevalence of autism in the 0-15 age group is 1.7%. This reflects availability of diagnostic services for autism, which have improved considerably over the last two decades.

Summary information

341 girls and 1,417 boys aged 0-15 are known to have autism, that is 0.7% of all girls and 2.6% of all boys aged 0-15

168 girls and 539 boys aged 16-24 are known to have autism, that is 0.5% of all girls and 1.7% of all boys aged 16-24

1,758 children and 1,300 adults are known to have autism

700 females and 2,358 males are known to have autism

34% of people known to have autism rate their health as very good, compared with 50.9% of all people; 3.2% of people known to have autism rate their health as very bad, compared with 1.7% of all people

38.5% of people known to have autism live in social rented accommodation, compared with 23.8% of all people

Did you know

97.9%

of people known to have autism in Lanarkshire were born in the UK

Did you know

94.5%

of people known to have autism in Lanarkshire speak only English at home